For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page. This year the United Nations will convene negotiations for a new international agreement to ban all nuclear weapons. Representatives from governments, international...
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Across the western world the liberal center is in decline — but it is the radical right, not the Left, which stands to benefit. Why has the Left failed to capitalize on the ongoing systemic crisis? How has it become so divorced from its...
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Followed by an Artists’ Panel Featuring Barbara Sukowa For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page. Margarethe von Trotta’s “Rosa Luxemburg” depicts the life story of this martyred heroine of the...
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For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page. International leaders and civil society activists will soon convene again at the UN Headquarters in New York for the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), which...
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A Tale from Barcelona: The Election of a Rebel Mayor is a funny, insightful look at the rise of Spain’s social justice movement through the eyes of Ada Colau, founder of PAH (Platform for People Affected by the...
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A political discussion co-hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America & the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office. Donald Trump’s election has made clear the rise of a nationalist right, with echoes of dangerous authoritarian...
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It’s that time of year: We’re looking back at a remarkable 2016. In many ways it was a difficult year, politically speaking, but in this Flickr set you’ll find amazing activists, thinkers, and organizations fighting like crazy to...
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For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page. With Medea Benjamin, Vijay Prashad, Jillian Schwedler, and Ingar Solty When: Friday, December 9, 2016 4-7pm, with reception following Where: The Asian American...
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For four years, our Right to the City Roundtables have provided an opportunity for housing activists from Europe and North America to meet, debate and share strategies on creating policies and collaborations that ensure fair, equitable...
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Once more, the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office will co-host a Tri-national Labor Gathering with the UCLA Downtown Labor Center and the Institute for Transnational Social Change. This year, for the first time, we will hold the...
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From November 7 to 18, national delegates will gather in Marrakech, Morocco, for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22). Every year, the COP meets “to review and...
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The Leo Baeck Institute, the Jewish Museum Berlin, and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office invite you to a screening of a documentary film on the “Chronicle of a Return. Life Paths of Jews in the GDR”...
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As the US presidential election campaign enters its final phase, the clash between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is getting more intense, and more and more blows are being aimed below the belt. Polls show that a great majority of the...
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RLS–NYC Official Side Event: After Habitat III: Working Together toward a New Urban Reality Thursday, October 20, 12:00pm-12:45pm – Urban Future Venue – Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana “Benjamin...
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From October 13-15, the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office and the Working Families Party (WFP) are co-hosting a workshop bringing together activists from Germany and New York State. The workshop will discuss strategies about how we...
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For October 6, the Max Kade Center for Modern German Thought at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, has invited Stefanie Ehmsen for the center’s annual lecture. The RLS−NYC co-director will talk about “Democratic...
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On October 4, 2016, the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office, the Global Policy Forum, and the International Network for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) will host a panel discussion on the struggle to establish a...
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On September 22, the School of Unity & Liberation (SOUL) and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office are co-hosting a public event on the legacy of Frantz Fanon. Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was a Martinique-born Afro-Caribbean...
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On Thursday, September 8, the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office invites you to join us, from 6-8pm, to celebrate the release of Rosa Remix, a collection that examines Rosa Luxemburg and the relevance of her work to contemporary...
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Since its initial meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001, the World Social Forum (WSF) has acted as a gathering place for activists, civil society and social movements to debate, dialogue and develop alternatives to neoliberalism. Indeed,...
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